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#ifndef _COBJECT_H
#define _COBJECT_H

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <DirectoryServiceCore/DSUtils.h>

template <class ClassType> class CObject
{
	public:
		int32_t	RetainCount( void ) const
		{
			return mRefCount;
		}
	
		ClassType *Retain( void )
		{
			return static_cast<ClassType *>( dsRetainObject(this, &mRefCount) );
		}
	
		void Release( void )
		{
			if ( dsReleaseObject(this, &mRefCount, false) == true ) {
				delete this;
			}
		}
	
	protected:
		CObject( void )
		{
			mRefCount = 1;	// we default to refcount of 1 when something is created
		}

		virtual	~CObject( void )
		{
			// not allowed to delete the object from outside
		}
	
	private:
		volatile int32_t	mRefCount;	// our Refcount
};

#endif
